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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-03
A RARE OPPORTUNITY
To purchase one Of tho
Finest Plantations
On the Arkansas River.

1900 aores Of river bottom land, all above
overflow, 1000 acres in hikh state of cultiva-
tion and thoroughly ditohed, all under good
fence, ofwhich G or miles Is barbsd wire and
plank combined; so good frame tenement
houses with brick ehimueys; good dwell
ings, with oisterns, gardens, orchard, etc.
fine barn, stable,and Drills; a hne!3-story gin
house, so feet long, with splendid machin-
cry, gins, feeders, con densers, etc.; Also
grist and sawmill, Is head mules and horses,
oxen, mich COWS, tools, wagons and har-
ness; about 1900 bu, hels corn, plenty Of hay,
and cotton seed sufficient to plant the place.
Located on tho north bank OF the Arkan.
sas river, s or . mile below Little hook, and
5 miles south OF tho Memuhis and Little
Rock raj road. The Arkansas Central and
| Paramore branch roads TO Little Rock have
both been located through the farm, and
will be running wi hin year, thus making
this most desirable place.
Owing to advanced years and conso'
| Quent wish TO retire from active farm man
| agement, tho owner will sell at great bar
| gain and upon terms to suit any purchaser
| Cash payment sufficient to pay for the per
sonal property only required, and, ate
| one-third of the real estate has been paiS
for, the balance may stand for 20 years, In
| terest TO be paid annually,
| II desired, We can effect an exchange fol
| the whole or part In good Memphis prop
| erty at fair each valuation.
| For further information apply in persol
or By oorrespondence to
0VERT0N 4 GRosvENoR,
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An ALABAMA SCION SHOT.
WHILE TRnHG TO ESCAPE FROM
MILITARY COURT
During His Trial for Murder and
Robbery-SOldlers Fire at and
M0rtally Wound Him.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June' IA special
from San Antonio, Tex, says: Samuel
G.. Reed was killed by file Of United
States soldiers today. Reed was man
not over thirty years OF age, we'll
built, we'll educated, physically power
full and scion OF one Of the best fami-
lies in Alabama. He enlisted as a
private soldier in the United States
army and was subsequently stationed
1t Fort Brown, nesr the mouth OF the
Rio Grande. Accompanied by COM
Iade named Williams he deserted and
crossed 10 Ma,amoras, where he killed
and robbed q rich jeweler by the name
Of Block. He and bis companion
were arrested and condemned to
dsath, but ETC ped. Reed went to
California and Arizona, slew q couple
Of men there and finally drifted back
| to Gan Antonio, where he was arrested
on a charge Of deserlion and turned
over to the military.
This nation for some reason wishe d
to keep him, and the authorities oil
Matamo as, where he 10 under SEN
tepce Of death for Blocks murder,
wished to get hold If him 30 they
could shoot him out OF hand. The
United States held him, however, and
yesterday Reed, under heavy guard,
left bis prison for the ball here the
military court sat. On the way he
made a desperate effort to escape. He
paid no attention to the command to
halt, and was fred upon.
At the crack OF the gun the deserter
BOUNDED into the air and fell. The
bullet entered his right side and
passed through. He is MORALLY
wounded. There we're nine men in
the detail, and all Of them fred upon
him. Only one ball struck him. In
q deathbed confession Reed admitted
his identity with the murderer Of
Block, which he had up this time
st'enuously denied. Government
officers attat h no blsme TO the detail.
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AM EnrIneer erushed 30 Death.

PHTsDURa, PA, June 2.--The East
bound expr, IS train on the Pittsburg
and Western railroad ran into car oil
lumber last evening, badly wrecking
the engine, but not damaging the
coaches. Engineer AL Shook, tf this
city, was crushed to death, and the
fireman, whose name could not be
learned, seriously but not fatally hurt.
None Of the passengers were Il jured.
The accident was caused by the lum-
Der car dropping down from siding
To the main track.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-03

entire morning session vas spent In
the croes examination Of Roe, but the
boys story was not shaken. At the
close be was asked: snow, cir, are
you willing 10 swear positively that
your mother had something In her
band that glittered In the dim light
like the silver handle Of revolver as
she passed your bed, when upon this
technical question alone the result Of
her life may depend" "Yes, sir, l
am. I must tell the truth or 90 to jail
aOainn
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-03
APecIG OF Peas IP's,.

Here are Peck of Peas, sweet
Peas, if you will. Perseverance
Patience, Promptness, Proficiency,
Push and Poiteness. Add to these
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgatiye
Pellets" and you will get well
through the world without much
trouble. The pellets prevent consti-
patton and surplus of bile which
lead to many different complaints
Enclosed in glass, always fresh, en-
iirely vegetable, prompt, and per
tectly harmless. Any druggist
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BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
Two Big Projects Consolidated
Labor Trouble.
ESPECIAL TO THE APPRAL.I

BIRMINGHAM. ALA, June 1.-THE
con- olidatlOn of the Miner and Montgomery
projects, as they are designated here, which
throus line Of railroad from here to sayan-
nah almost certainty. The only outstand,;
ing interest now is the Macon, Legraog go and
birmingham, and It is conf lently believed
this will come in. The parties TO tue CON
solidatiOn are very hopeful Of an early be-
inning Of the work on the road
Yesterday the coke drawers of Sloss's
furnaces, some thirty in number, were dis:
charged because they quit. work at critical
time Monday for the knights Of Labor DEM
onstrati n. 1t was feared that Trouble on a
largo scale would be the result, but after a
conference with representative the man
agement Of the company took the men back
this morning.
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BY Choking Her Into Insenslbility,
Then Accomplishing His
Flendlsh Purpose.
IHE WOMAN FOUGHT DEsPER-
ATELY FOR HER HONOR.
A Cowardly Young Man WaylaJs His
Father. In.Law, and MOrtally
wounds Him.
4 PANIC IN A CATHEDRAL RE-
SUITS IN The DEATH
or Three Children-An Engineer
Crushed TO Death In q Col
llsiOn.

srxKLvlLLK, Mo-, June 2.-Robert
Gravatt, q man forty.tive years Of age,
committed q horrible outage yester'
day upon Mrs. Lucinda Ball, q widow,
formerly his brothers wife. The 6end
went TO the lady's house, near Keys
vile, Crawford county, and assaulted
her. A terrible struggle ensued. The
woman fought desperately, until her
body was a mass OF bruises and her
clothing was torn from her person.
The brute finally choked her into In
sensibility and accomplished his pur.
pose. When the nsighbors, aroused
BY her screams, reached the scene,
they found the blood flowing from her
nose and mouth, indicating the des.
perate nature OF the struggle. Gravatt
was captured today and Is now in jail
here. He admits his guilt.
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Panic I'm Cathed rAl-seveFal ChiI.
drem Killed.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June IA special
from Ohihuahus, Merico, says: A
terrible panic prevailed here this
afternoon In the Catholic cathedral,
caused by the falling Ct candle, set
ting FIRE to one Of the affairs. The day
being religious holiday, the church
was crowded to OVERLOOKING, princi-
pallk with women and children. AT
the sight Of the smoke the crowd be-
came frantic, and the usual scenes OF q
terror stricken struggling mass Of hui
mainly followed. Several children
were killed and quite a number OF
women severely injured. The scene
at the main entrance to the church
was pitiful TO behold. Women and
children were lying about eroaning
with pain, while the doctors were
doing their utmost TO resuecitate ths
sufferers. Official reports Of the num-
Der killed are not obtainable at the
present writing.
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a COwRrdly Y0uDg Man WHylnys
His Father-in Law.

CINCINNATI, O., June IA special
from o Greensboro, KY says that Squire
w. l.. Ricketts,, prominent citizen
and former county official, was way
laid In the woods, two miles from
town, on his way home Tuesday even
ing, dragged from his horse by Vernon
Tatum, his son.in.law, beaten to in
sensibility and then cruelty stabbed
He was found yesterday morning in al
unconscious condition, but afterwards
restored to consciousness sufficient,
to tell his story. He cannot live
There was grudge between the men
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A snioonir, KlIIs a patron.

CINCINNATI, o, June 2.--Last night
at North Bend, village ten miles be-
low Cincinnati, Reuben Rudicill, a
saloon keeper, struck VIM, Ray with a
club and instantly killed him. Ray
was in the saloon with several others,
some one Of whom raised disturb
ance, when Rudicill seized his club to
drive them out. He struck one or two
others, but The blow on Ray fsll at the
base Of the brain, and he fell liieless,
Ray Ia young man working on the
RAILROAD, and came from Jackson
county, Ohio.
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A Young hoy hteals $4,000.

NRw YoBK, June 2.-John ]. Good
man, aged Exseen years, was arrested
this morning charged with stealing
$4,000 from tnS Butterick Publishing
Company, by whom he was employed,
Goodman carried the mails Of the
company to the postoflice each day,
and It was his custom to steal any let.
ters containing checks or money. He
spent the money in gambling.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-03
SUMMER EXCURSION TICKETS.

P0UND TRIP TICKETS to the yariouu
sale BY the Memphis aud Charleston Rail
road on and after June lst. A full supply Of
guides, pam phlets and other springs matter
on hand. and will be promptly mailed, with
full schedules and directions how 10 reach
the same, with minimum OF cost, time OF
trouble aud maximum Of comfort, convent.
eneo and safety, III. ough the prettiest
scenery In the country Through Pullman
Buffet Sleepers to most Of these resorts aud
few chang, TO the Others. Through tickets
noy nushes Iiciet Agent, 27s Main street
II. d, Kills. Ticket Agent, 81 Madison
street; Eugene Satellite, Passenger Agent,
g1S Main 4. orc ueSausSure, q A.
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No, Only a Thief, bat q rerxev.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, June 2.-The
latest investigation shows that Judge
Of Probate, Folle!t, whose disappear
ance was mentioned in these dis
patches yesterday, Is not only thief,
but forger. His deialcation is not
less than $30,0 Several bank GER
tificates are held here to which Fol.
lett is said to have forged the sigma
lures.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-03
The showers ChiIdren Murder

READING, PA, June 2.-During last
night crowd OF fifty determined
men left Annville for Lebanon to
lynch Showers, the murderer Of his
two grandchi dren, now in jail there.
They were joined by 100 more from
Lebanon, and matched through the
streets for the purpose Of stoIming the
Jail. Some OF the officials met them
and addressed them, and, after much
persuasion, induced them TO dispense,
promising that Showers should re.
ceive full justice. Showers insisted
that the children were murdered by a
man known as "Oowboy" HofInagie,' -
who was married to Showcase daugh.
ter, the mother OF the children, after
she had given birth to five illeUitimAte
children with as many different IA.
theirs. Ho Hnagle has recently been
In this viciAity, and Showers claims
that Hohrhg Q kidnapped and muir
dered them and buried them in the
ditch in Sho wers's garden. Hoffnsgle
is at large, b. msy be arrested.
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RhmOrs OF Jay GOuId's Death
Untrue.

NEW York, June 2.-Jay Gould has
been suffering for the past few daye
from a severe cold A report was cir
culated on Wall street this afternoon
that he was dead, but investigation
showed that Mr.. Gould Is improving
daily. He sails this afternoon for
Fortress Monroe on his yacht,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-03
PINE BLUFF, ARK,
Tho Amls HOuse burned 10 the
Ground.
IspRotAL 10 rEE ApprAtl

TePEOIAL TO NE APFEAL,
PINE BLUFF, ARK, June 2.-This
morning before day the Amis House, a
popular hotel on Second avenue, was
consumed by fire. II originated from
the explosion Of q lamp in the third
story Of the building. The insurance
was only $4,000. No lives lost.
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ALBANY, N. Y, June "A special
from Malone, N. Y, rays: Ex'ViCe
President William A. Wheeler is dy.
ing. He is unconscious, and while he
may live several days, his death at
any moment would not be unexpected,
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The H S,.| "s" Ps %Sr%sss'' MRS

BUFFALO. n. Y, June 2.-Interest
in the tnal Mrs. Hattie Penseyres
for the nAur 4 OF her husband is in
creasipg EhSRourtroom was crowded
again this Npo hing by people anxious
70 see FranN Ne, the prisoners son,
who Is testify y against her, The
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In n w. PTIRNELL.

OFFICE gg Main street. AOurs-llisO
, ReiidSaScSS No. NJ. sOs Vance street, Hours
6to O'Clock am.
telephone NJ. l6Ss
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23
Seek Christ First.

Whatever object you have in life seek
Christ first. Receiving Christ in the
heart and holding close fellowship with
him is the one important and the all
important event of life. No life is
complete without Christ. He is the
one thing needful. He is the good part
which shall never be taken away. Your
worldly success may be brilliant, your
worldly honor be heralded in triumph
throughout the globe; you may reach
the pinnacle of fame, but if that is all
and the light of your life goes out with
out a vital interest in the blood of
Christ, then those terrible words of our
Savior applied to Judas-those words
which compass whole and reverend
ing eternity of sorrows-are equally APP
plicable to you, I" 1t had been good for
that man if he had never been born.n
Are you about to enter manhood?
Seek Christ. You will need him. No
man is safe without him. Affections
may come. Christ is the true friend of
the afflicted. "The Lord will COM
mand his loving kindness in the day
time, and in the night his song shall be
with me.' Trials may come, and you
will cry, "My heart is overwhelmed;
lead me to the Rock that is higher than
l." Christ is the Rock. Seek him
now. He is the true friend. He has
passed through all suffering. He knows
every storm that will assail you, and he
freely offers the protection you need.
Death will come. AS Christ is your
need in life he is equally your need in
death. Without him death is a dark
future, so terribly dark no Christian
would desire to look into it, With him
you can look cheerfully beyond the
grave, for he will guide you by his
counsel, and afterward he will receive
you into glory-his glory, Christ's
glory, the glory of the only begotten of
the Father. Oh the depths of that Joy
which comes from life hid with Christ
in God! Trust Christ. His love. His
faithfulness. He is the Son of God.
His companionship is pure, his love is
holy. His friendship is eternal. His
manners the desire of all Christian
hearts. May we all seek Christ first,
and thus make Gods home our home
and our home the home of God through
his beloved Son.-ChriStidn at Work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23
The Monument TO General Wool.

The erection of an obelisk to the late
Maior-general John f. Wool at Troy
was an interesting feat of engineering
1t is sixty feet in length, weighs one
hundred tons and rests upon die nine
feet square and six feet high, weighing
forty tons. The base is seventeen feet
six inches square and two feet high,
the whole height of the monument be-
ing seventy-fve feet six inches, and its
total weight two hundred fifty tons. 1t
was rifted out of granite in a rocky
island on the coast of Maine, tOwed
upon barge five hundred miles to the
city of Troy, and thence moved upon
rollers for two miles, ascending eight
hundred feet in that distance. When
the monument was hammered out two
trunnions were left on opposite sides
slightly above the center of gravity,
projecting about four inches, and meas
uring two feet six inches across. Tim
bers fourteen inches square were secured
to the monument under these trunn-
ions, and smaller timbers near the
obelisk were secured to the monument
by bolts passing around it and timbers
and chains along the sides, securing it
in that manner to the timbers next to
the trunnions. The monument was
raised up into the horizontal position
by jack-screws and secured by blocking
until the center was at the desired
height; then by means of rollers against
the timber it was slowly swung into the
vertical position and held in that man
ner until the base and die were laid.
Then the obelisk was brought over the
die and let down into its desired posi-
ton. After the removal of the timber
the trunnions were cut down to sur
face uniform with the sides of the
monument. The total cost of moving
the monument through its route of five
hundred miles from the quarry to the
river bank was 81 ,627, while the cost
of moving it on land and erecting in its
present position was about S4 400,
making that portion of the original cost
about $4,000. The entire cost of the
whole work was covered by the contract
price of $4,000.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23
The Bible in the Heart.

The Bible may be in the hand or
house and not be in the heart. Physiolo-
gists say that food is never really in the
body until it is in the blood, and to put
it there requires the process of diges-
ton. The living bread of Christ must
pass through the head and heart into
the life-blood of character before the
tissues of the soul can receive spiritual
life and growth. When the celebrated
Grimshaw first found Christ he told a
friend that if God had drawn up his
Bible to heaven and sent him down
another it could not have been newer
to him. Yet the only difference was
that between the Word in the hand and
the Word in the heart, but how vast
that difference !-NeW York EvanqeiSt.
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ytlural ano Religious.


They sparked with Jewels of rarest hues,
They were festoOned with flowers sweet;
All cloudess their skies, with their snowy views,
And soft was the grass meath our feet.
Our souls spoke in smiles, each sound was tune,
OF sorrows signs there were nonei
Or we have forgot and see but the June
OF the dear, dear days that are gone.
We climbed the blue hills, but twas not for fame
We forded the streams with delights
We drank of life's vintage, just as 1t came,
And we thought not Of cloud or blight.
Why have they left us, those heart-bracing days?
And why has lfe's wine lost its toner
OH the skies had no such uncertain haze
In the dear, dear days that are gone.
Shall the pine that withers as it grows old
Cry " Where is the sun and the rain?"
Often its hbres, grown pithess and cold,
Have ceased natures nectar to drain.
Murmurer, listen, there has been a change,
But the change, poor heart, is thine own;
IT'S thou hast grown doubling and hard and strang,
Since the dear dear days that are gone.
-PhHadeiphid CaH
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23
Jessica's Secret.

Jessica is the brightest-tempered
woman / know. Why is it," l asked
her the other day, " that one never
finds you sulky or cross or complain
ing? What charm have you against the
petty ills of life, the small veXations,
crosses, disappointments, losses that
of course must lie along your path as
well as mine?n | had spoken lightly,
but the question brought to my friends
face a tender solemnity, and her
words ran in deeper channel than
mine. "To answer your question:"
she said, softly, " must take you into
the sanctuary, where ones life is hid
with Christ in God 1t is true that
my trials come to me with the sting
drawn, and it is because have learned
to look upon them as a means of grace.
If it be petty trouble, disobedent
servant, careless accident, sour
loaf, a rainy day, | say to myself, Be
thankful that you have some discom-
forts. Lift up your eyes and be re-
minded that this is not your true home,
your eternal rest Without these PIN
pricks you would be all too likely to
forget your pilgrimage state If it be
a heavier cross-if l am called to meet
GOODNESS, indifference, neglect from
those love, the heart aches, but / say
to myself, All, Jessica, if these full
filed your every wish, if your loved
ones all satisfied your hearts desire,
what room would be left for the
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coded. An Atlanta paper said at
was the deepest-laid scheme, and on
the grandest scale, that ever emanated
from the brains of any number of
Yankees combined" But its boldness
only increased the bitterness of the
average southerners toward the men
who had undertaken it. From the first
they were called 4" the engine thieves :"
and were treated as spies Andrews
and seven others were executed; several
of the remaining prisoners escaped and
reached the Union lines, and the few
left behind were subsequently released
by exchange.
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Caution in Punishment.

Punishment should never be the ex-
preston of the parents irritation. and
slapping children, too often the mode
of expression, should always be avoided.
A sharp, singing blow only arouses re-
bellion, although prudence may prevent
its expression; and the obedience is
dearly bought that awakens the worst
feelings of the little heart. A mother
should always control herself before
she attempts to control her child; and,
if chastisement must be inflicted, it
should be after her own excitement has
cooled down and she can look at the
fault only partially. Many poor little
one is the scapegoat upon whom the
sins of the family are visited-not con-
sciously, perhaps: and the very pre-
sentation of the thought is, it may be,
arousing the Indignation of the reader,
but | appeal to the consciences of the
mothers who see this article. Is it not
true that when the baby is fretful,
and the servants have been contrary,
and the sewing that you have been so
long over has to be ripped out, and you
feel overburdened with your many
cares, very little fault on the part of
an older child-his noisiness, his rest
lessness, his failure to obey-brings
down upon him punishment quite dis
proportionate to the fault? And are not
faults discerned in him that would not
be noticed in more prosperous times?
Bitter, indeed, would be your remorse
should you, even by accident, intlict
upon him lasting physical injury, but
remember that the harm done daily to
his spiritual nature by your hasty
words and deeds can not be over
estimated. Should a sculptor, in
moment of annoyance from outside
disturbances, mar by angry strokes of
the mallet the beautiful statue he was
at work upon you would feel his action
to be that of mailman, yet mother
is working in material far more i'm
perishable than his marble She is
carving soul into an angel, and her
work is to last throughout eternity and
to bear the light of heaven.-PariSh
Visitor.
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Friend of friends7 Lift up your heart
and rejoice that his love is changeless,
free and knows no end.' And so, be-
fore the trial has chance to spear me,
l have laid hold of its weapon, and
turned it against some besetting sin of
worldliness, pride, selfshness, vain
glory" This secret of happy life
was not told with glib ease. The hest
tating speech, the flushed brow, the
averted eyes told plainly that my friend
would willingly have kept the curtain
down. But l thanked God for the
generous frankness which made me
sharer in its Distinguished.